Jimmy Butler's agreement with the Golden State Warriors further highlights Nico Harrison

With the NBA Trade Deadline 2025 now over, we can see that there is one team that has come out stronger than the rest. It's the Los Angeles Lakers, who have stripped the Dallas Mavericks of one of the top three players in the world, Luka Doncic, and secured their future center, Mark Williams.

To make matters worse for Dallas, Doncic could make his return to the court on Saturday when the Lakers take on the Indiana Pacers in what has become the most anticipated game of the season.

While Dallas turned out to be one of the biggest losers in the transfer market after the trade of Doncic, they made another questionable trade on Tuesday afternoon when they parted ways with Quentin Grimes and a highly coveted second-round pick to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for a Caleb Martin who has not played a game since early January due to injury.

With other teams making trades and showing how valuable the transfer market is, the Mavericks are scratching their heads after a major deal on Wednesday night involving five teams, where superstar Jimmy Butler was sent to the Golden State Warriors to team up with Stephen Curry.

After initial attempts went awry due to contract discussions going nowhere, the Warriors stunned the NBA world when they landed Butler and signed him to a lucrative two-year, $121 million contract extension. This trade and contract extension were seemingly a slap in the face to the Mavericks after Nico Harrison had expressed doubts about Doncic signing a five-year extension in Dallas that would have made him the richest player in league history.

As if all that wasn't enough, Doncic revealed in his debut with the Lakers that he and his team gave zero hints to the Mavericks about the possibility of not re-signing with Dallas, leaving fans with even more doubts on why Harrison made that deal in the first place.

Nico Harrison's Mistakes

Not only would Doncic have missed out on $117 million had he not been traded, but Harrison's reasoning for the trade makes even less sense after the Butler trade and his eventual contract extension. Additionally, Butler is ten years older than Doncic, adding fuel to the fire for Dallas fans.

Harrison listed a number of reasons, including defense and not wanting to deal with contract talks during the summer, but after the Butler deal in Golden State, Harrison once again comes off as the villain in Dallas. It doesn't seem like he wanted to give Doncic the supermax extension, and after seeing the Butler deal, it makes even less sense that Harrison was afraid to sign Doncic to that extension.

The top players in the league get big contracts, and Doncic has consistently shown he deserves that supermax deal.

It's not clear if the Mavericks will make more trades just hours before the deadline, but they need to make a move to acquire another player if they want to win.

There are several names fans have thrown around, but the guard market seems thin and peculiar. Harrison will have to work some magic to win back Mavs fans and it could start with a trade for another shot creator.

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